Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Centrifugally Cast Al-Si-SiC Composites

摘要

In this paper an effort has been made to study the properties of composites made using Al-18wt%Si as the base alloy and SiC particles as the reinforcement. The composite was prepared using a combination of stir casting with bottom pouring technique and centrifugal casting. The prepared samples where then checked for various mechanical and tribological properties and were then compared with that of the base alloy produced using centrifugal casting. It was seen that, the introduction of the SiC particles have improved the mechanical and tribological properties of the base alloy.